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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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    Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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